The Family Unit is a mercurial collection of individuals. No statement ever passes without challenge. No opportunity to laugh at self or others is ever lost, but one thing we are all agreed on is that we like good food.
So, Tuesday night was eagerly awaited, as we all enjoy a trip to Michael Caine’s restaurant at Maenporth.
The Cove Restaurant and Bar sits in an enviable position, behind the beach. So, unless you are unlucky enough to be seated at the rear of the dining room, the views out over the sea are beautiful and it’s a great place to eat and watch the sun go down.
We booked a taxi for the return trip from Kea. The cab turned up 30 minutes late and the driver then attempted to ‘make up the time’ by some seriously dangerous, high speed driving. That put paid to any conversation during the journey, as we were all too busy praying and gritting our teeth. Arrival at the restaurant, then, was a relief.
We chose the tasting menu, as this gives a great opportunity to try things that perhaps you might not ordinarily consider and the selection on offer was a nice balance of meat and fish.
The only place where it went astray, for me, was the dessert, which was a very delicately flavoured pistachio concoction. This was served after a cheese course which contained strongly flavoured blue cheeses. I would have preferred the order to have been reversed (dessert before cheese) as the blue cheese flavour lingered on the palate and you couldn’t taste anything of the pistachio at all. In fact it was like eating cardboard; you could see there was something there and you were definitely chewing something, but …. no taste. Visually, it looked a bit lacking as well. My advice? Scratch the pistachio cake thing.
Overall verdict?
Family: Always good value for money.
Food: 6 / 10. Sorry guys, the pistachio dessert killed it this time, but we’ll be back.
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